Past event
Celebrating ten years of Lux with music by Whitacre, Beach, and others
Celebrate our tenth anniversary season with Genesis, a program that brings together some of our favorite pieces from the past decade. This special event features Lux favorites by composers like Eric Whitacre, Amy Beach, Dan Forrest, and Antonio Lotti, along with exciting new music from Eric Tuan and Dale Trumbore, giving you a taste of what's to come in future concerts. Join us for an evening of music that captures Lux's unique spirit, as we look back on our journey and set the stage for the years ahead.

Program

  • Traditional Paschal troparion
  • Whitacre Sainte-Chapelle
  • Copland Lark
  • Mealor O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth
  • Burton A Prayer
  • Debussy 1. Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder (from Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans)
  • Tuan Unending Love
  • Lotti Crucifixus
  • Robertson ...a link in a chain...
  • Beach 2. Through the house give glimmering light (from Three Shakespeare Choruses, Op. 39)
  • Cox Prayers of Kierkegaard
  • Barnum The Sweetheart of The Sun
  • Matthews Gravedigger (arr. Takach)
  • Trumbore Spiritus Mundi
  • Spencer At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
  • Forrest Entreat Me Not to Leave You

Estimated runtime

1h 25m

Ends around

8:25 PM
  • Doors open

  • Part one

    30m

  • Intermission

    15m

  • Part two

    40m

  • Concert ends

Season

2024-2025: Tenth Anniversary Season

Part of the series

Genesis

“I crave choral music like that, and it just goes directly to my soul.”

Venue information

Church of the Ascension and St. Agnes

1215 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20005